Hospitality
Hotel groups, safari lodges, resorts and F&B operators across Kenya and the region.
Understanding the hospitality operating environment.
Management agreements, brand-licensing structures and hospitality-specific employment frameworks define this sector. Coastal and conservancy assets bring an additional layer of regulatory and community complexity that mainstream commercial real-estate counsel rarely needs to handle.
Owners are renegotiating long-tenor international management agreements, repositioning safari and resort portfolios, and absorbing the operational reality of seasonal workforces, expatriate management and KWS, NEMA and county-level interaction. Cross-border F&B franchising adds another structuring layer.
We act for owners, investors and operators with the discretion the sector requires. Real-estate, corporate and employment capability sit alongside genuine familiarity with international hospitality operator standards, so the same team can negotiate the HMA, structure the holding vehicle and design the workforce framework that supports it.
- Management agreements
- Employment
- Real estate
Opportunities we structure and protect.
How our practices serve this sector.
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Workforce counsel for employers operating to global standards.
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End-to-end counsel for the lifecycle of a modern African business.
EXPLOREWhy hospitality clients choose us.
Partners leading this industry.
Mary Nyamawi
Office Administrator. Qualified accounts professional coordinating office operations, compliance and day-to-day client experience.
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David Tenge
Partner. Wide-ranging litigation and advisory experience built across leading public-interest, oversight and private practice institutions.
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Sector questions, answered.
Can you negotiate international management agreements?+
Yes, with major global hospitality operators on owner-side.
Do you advise on conservancy and coastal assets?+
Yes, including community engagement and regulatory clearances.
Can you handle hospitality workforce architecture?+
Yes, from contracts and policies through seasonal-workforce design, expatriate management and restructurings.
Do you act on owner-operator disputes under HMAs?+
Yes. We have run termination, performance and budget disputes under international management agreements, with both negotiated and arbitration outcomes.
Can you structure cross-border F&B franchise roll-outs?+
Yes, including master-franchise design, brand protection and the supply-chain and tax overlay that regional rollout requires.
Talk to counsel who knows this sector.
Whether you require a confidential consultation or a free case evaluation, our partners are ready to listen.